Of all the judges who broadcast their courtroom proceedings, J. Cedric Simpson is my favorite. He's fair, he's tough and he proves that everyone likes to have a little fun at work once in a while.

I volunteered for my local public defender's office during law school and was employed there after I passed my bar exam. And from what I have seen of Mr. Brown and his cases, I agree with Judge Simpson. There may not be a finer attorney in all of Washtenaw County and possibly Michigan. He understands his job as well as anyone, but what puts him in the upper echelon is his compassion and genuine desire to help his clients. This isn't about a paycheck for him - because if it was, he could make a hell of a lot more in private practice.

Seems to me the defendant didn't like what he was being told and wanted to hear what he wanted from someone else.

Unbelievable! Mr. Brown is an excellent attorney and is always cognisant of his clients' needs!

Judge Simpson famous in uk to he was on itv news with the guy banned from driving but driving while on zoom to talk about him not driving lol 😂

If I ever write a book, and it turns into an audiobook, I will not accept anyone but Attorney Brown to narrate it.

"My attorney and I do not see things the same way". I am sure he has vast legal knowledge to know the "things" he says makes sense.

I am shocked about how many defendants have elderly or ill dependents that rely only on them for care. But despite that they have time to go off and allegedly commit crimes.

If you're paying an attorney, he has the time to sit and talk to you for hours. A court appointed attorney has to make the best use of his time all day long. He knows what he is doing and a 15 minute meeting can probably tell him all he needs to know about you and your case.

What a great judge. Doesn’t take any crap

Judge Simpson is tactful and shows what other judges should emulate.

Your honor, this person insists on telling me the truth; I request an attorney who will lie to me.

If I messed up in Washtenaw County, I'd privately hire Lorne Brown. The fact that this defendant doesn't realize he has the best of the best is a testament to his own ignorance.

This judge is really wonderful, and I am always so happy when he whispers, Mr. Allen!

"I'm not satisfied with my (free, court-appointed) lawyer. Can I have a better (free, court-appointed) one?" This is the perfect example of a "choosing beggar". This defendant doesn't even have the capacity to know a good lawyer from a bad one. He just wants (a free) one who tells him what he wants to hear.

Why is judge Simpson not on a higher level court? He's fantastic.

lol, I was distracted and had to rewind because I thought I heard Judge S say “prone bone attorney” and I managed to end up with tea coming out of my nose.

The best attorney you don't have to pay for and you got a problem...? 😖

It's never a good thing for the handsome Mr. Allen is standing behind you.

I ❤️ this guy’s way of rationalizing. He’s got a pretty clear head even though he doesn’t understand the legal process. I appreciate Judge Simpson’s demeanor.

Poor man he did not think before he spoke on requesting a new attorney He probably thought it would be easy to just hire and pay for another attorney but it is not and that is the reason that the court provides a defendant with one.

Love Judge Simpson

I absolutely love how Judge Simpson stands up for the public defender. Those folks are so underappreciated. They do the absolute best by their clients while making a lot less than a private practice attorney.

Judges comments are great, namely “ you already have the best attorney your money isn’t buying or paying for “

I love when is mocking the training lawyers. Lol

This is another case of, I want out of jail & my appointed lawyer didn't wave a magic wand & make it happen, so he's incompetent & I want another one. This overwhelming sense of entitlement crap has gotten ridiculously out of control.

love this judge!

One would think the state could afford better microphones for the prosecution

Mr Brown is an excellent public defender! If I were in Judge Simpson's court, I'd want to be represented by either him or Torchio Feaster.

Attorneys are not mouthpieces, nor servants of a client. They are there to represent their best interests within the confines of the law. He doesnt like what hes hearing so he wants to keep window shopping until he finds a mouthpiece.

He just doesnt like that he isnt going to get his way and his lawyer is giving him his best chance. He wants a new free lawyer to tell him what he wants to hear instead of what he NEEDS to hear.

You cannot fool the Judge. He's been there and done that. He's seen it all and heard it all. Follow your bond stipulations and you will be fine.

"First of all, I've got to come up with some money." Yeah, that could be a stumbling block. I'm surprised the judge didn't do a spit-take just then.

He's brilliant

“Did you listen to him?” Never change, Judge Simpson.

2nd case, as it happens so often, defense attorney is trying way too hard making her seem ridiculous.

I cannot understand anything the prosecutor says in this courtroom. The microphone is very poor quality.

Judge Simpson loves law students practicing in his courtroom.

This 'OK' says so much with just 2 letters. 1:35

So often people fail to value that which is provided at no charge.

Trusting your client can make you look the fool.

"I've seen him for like an hour. 5 minutes here. 15 minutes there. This is the first court date we've had." Does he not realize that the reason he hasn't seen his attorney? That often yet is because this is the first court date. And it's just a status conference or something and they don't need to do anything with him yet? Is he blaming the attorney for not having a hearing? At the beginning of the case, things move really slow, and then as things get closer to trial, if there's a trial, then you'll see your attorney a lot more. Most of the work is put in without the defendant around.

I have seen the interaction of Mr Brown and Judge Simpson, they get on from what I see.

Judge Simpson LOVES the ladies….hahaha

He wasted the judge's time

I wish they had a bank of almost disbarred attorneys they could appoint to these clowns that don’t like their public defender.

First was all a delay tactic.

Stalling and wasting county money and time.

And remember kids, mud spelled backwards is dum.

Are you freaking serious??? Does this dude NOT EVER watch TV??? He truly has the best attorney in the whole county, and this is what he does??? Yikes! He’s screwed! I love Judge Simpson…he’s the BEST!❤️

First guy throwing away a attorney he couldn’t afford iif he was paying

If the second defendant has private counsel in another case, how is he eligible for a public defender?

Is the defendant reading off a phone? I was watching on phone and couldn't enlarge

Judge Simpson 🔥🔥🔥

"I got caught There is a lot of iron clad evidence against me. My lawyer can't get it dismissed so it is his fault!".. This happens too often with public defenders.

All people who are experts in their profession are guity of taking what they know for granted leaving others clueless in their wake.

A lawyer he's going to hire is going to make a lot of money off him if he wants a lawyer so spends time with him.

Privilege much

haha, saw him on ticktock that man at the end says. haha. I saw him on Fox News and was all, hey that's the judge I like on KZfaq! 🙂

Another day of throwing the hardworking DAs under the bus! 🙄

second guy is confused because he does all the drugs

I don't blame the guy, to live your entire life without being in court to finding yourself in the circumstances of facing court (not sure why he is there) after what looks like 50 or so years but being in the financial circumstance of not being able to afford a lawyer with the education and life assumptions that surround that he needed a reality check. Not everyone knows that a preliminary isn't that deep and an hour of conversation and review of evidence is more than enough and is focused around bond conditions. Some people confuse it for a trial and he might be one of them.

Meanwhile, the taxpayers are footing the bill. This hobo keeps changing attorneys.

Makes SCOTUS look so out of touch

How do you know how the defendant feels?

I love the judge. Im not saying the attorney is a bad attorney. But I dont think he shouldn't listen to the defendant at all with his complaint.

This judge is a jerk.

This man.like so many others think they can just go round all att. S till they get one who tells them what they want to hear when att s are free cant pick and choose. Sorry people.

People like this Judge, I can’t. Told that man of hard of hearing to listen. He may need someone who is patient

In all fairness.....courts can be rather vague with their instructions. Additionally, courts routinely assign conditions that are effectively setting the defendant up to fail. For example, a Bond condition that "you can't see your spouse of years and/or your children" is just not doable, unless you are a complete cold-hearted person. (and I'm not talking about a CPS case, which would be different obviously.) I prefer "No assaultive and/or non-consensual contact." Also.....if the lawyers are talking "global resolution," the defendant's lawyer should be going over conditions and any other salient details that may or may not have changed. Additionally.....outside of places like NYC proper, most people get places driving a vehicle and communities are no longer organized so that one could walk to all the locations you needed to go. The logistics for most of these defendants, defendants that have trouble paying rent on time, etc., are such that they need help. They need knowledge and skills that they not only don't possess, but they don't even know how to obtain this knowledge. So....my point is that many defendants need a social worker case manager (with a max of a dozen or so clients at any one time), classes, supervision and support. Finally, we are having defendants pay for UA testing, ankle monitoring, probation/parole fees, and punitive fines that are far more than the defendants socioeconomic status can repay. This just gives the defendants rationales to simply give up. There are ethical reasons why the above should happen. But there are also purely financial ones. Take 100 clients and give them the teams and services they need to have a very real chance at recovery. Keep track of how much this treatment and support costs. Take another 100 clients and add up all the costs from law enforcement (including injuries to cops, OT, vehicles damaged, paperwork, jail, transport with security, court costs, public defender, etc., etc.....including jail and/or prison which is astronomically expensive.) Not only is the treatment simply cheaper in the long run, this group is profoundly less likely to pass on these issues to their children, whereas in the second 100, its nearly guaranteed 99%. And I can only emphasize that being the victim of a violent crime is traumatic and its difficult to put a price on not making more victims. Most of our graduates ended up in a situation that they became tax - payers -, which further changed the long term financial calculus. BTW........I worked in the therapeutic field for nearly.......half-a-century. I retired about a decade ago. I was a Doctoral-level therapist, clinical supervisor, program director with thousands of hours of group therapy, many times that in individual therapy. My clients all had serious violent criminal histories, addictions, and all had comorbidity with other serious mental health and social functioning issues. I am not a "bleeding heart" and was known as one of the toughest on the therapeutic staff. But I tried to fair and consistent, spending great gobs of my free time improving my knowledge and skills through Post-Doc work and hands-on intensive workshops. Thanks for listening, sorry for the excessive length .

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Judge Simpson = American Sex Symbol 😍❤️

Terrible sound at the start.

The judge is arrogant and suggesting that the defendant is not capable of deciding on the attorney he wishes to use.

First time I am truly disappointed with Judge Simpson. First time the defendant is in court...clear that he is confused and scared...and Judge Simpson just went on the attack instead of his job of fair and considered attention to the defendant. It was sad to see....

What's her name? Judge do better.

Judge Simpson is being demeaning to this defendant, he has a RIGHT to change attorneys and he shouldn’t feel punished by it. This behavior is what makes the court system unjustifiably wrong

Case 1: What the defendant is saying can be summarized as: "This free lawyer doesn't want to do the stupid $h1t that I demand him to do in court so I want a BETTER free lawyer who WILL do the stupid $h1t I want him to do and get me out of this mess I got myself into without having to pay a single red cent or sit in jail for any time at all." He really needs some mental health care...